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Tag: Akhil Faizal

  • Hood Violence, Christianity and Black Cultural Politics in Kendrick Lamar’s GNX

    Kendrick Lamar’s latest album ‘GNX’ features a cover with the artist posing on a ‘black Grand National’. In this article, Akhil, our guest correspondent, discusses how this album serves as a powerful celebration of black culture, hood politics, faith, and the complexities of modern rap. Read More

    11–16 minutes

  • When Godot Arrives

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    In “When Godot Arrives”, our correspondent Akhil crafts a haunting narrative that reflects the anticipation and eventual disillusionment of the post-war era depicted in Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot”. Read More

    2–3 minutes

  • “A Breath. A Heartbeat. And Messi”: Remembering The Greatest Night of Football

    “Scaloni will be fated, Messi will be sainted” Peter Drury’s words served the ceremonial climax to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in celestial lyricism as we huddled up in front of the screen, with beaming faces and full eyes, watching Leo Messi lift the World Cup, an image of imagination, now stretched on the white… Read More

    5–7 minutes

  • How On Earth Did We Pull Off a Pride Parade in Insti?

    People from all over the campus, many for the first time, participated in a queer event. And there was no fear of violence or hate, only the breath and the voice and the scents of many who believe in love and revolution and freedom for all, mixed and twirled relentlessly in the air that heard… Read More

    4–6 minutes

  • Lecture by Dr. Merin Simi Raj and Dr. Avishek Parui | What is Memory Studies?

    A session on ‘What is Memory Studies?’ held on 13th September, 2023 by Dr. Merin Simi Raj and Dr. Avishek Parui, faculties in the Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, was attended by students and professors alike. Read More

    6–8 minutes

  • Ripe Vinyl #17 | Veridis Quo by Daft Punk

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    Daft Punk, with its history of experimenting with genres and styles like electro, punk, jazz, rock, prog-rock, etc. attains their electric peak in Veridis Quo, where we witness and feel their musical brilliance stripped to its bare and beautiful essentials, all so slenderly slight that they lead a quiet pulse full of existence into the… Read More

    3–5 minutes

  • Re’lov’ution: A Brief Timeline of Pride Month

    As a celebration of Pride Month, the digital world adopts a rainbow colour scheme. Companies rebrand themselves, Google releases a special doodle, and multinational corporations announce new campaigns and policies promoting gender diversity and inclusivity. In June, there is an increase in vocal expressions of solidarity for the LGBTQ community through discussions, seminars, galleries, and… Read More

    6–8 minutes